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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1977-02-17

Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1977-02-17, page 01

OHIOJFwl
s1ronicle
.-LIBRARY,., OHIO HtSTOR JCAL, SOC l,t>TY 1982 VEUMa.AVE. OOLS^O'*-' 43211 EXCH .
2jj\\jy 5erving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community far Over 50 Years \yA\A
VOL, 55 NO. 7
FEBRUARY 17,1077 - SHEVAT 2!)
Pres. Carter Endorses Anti-Boycott Legislation
Ethnic Remark Stirs Storm
NEW YORK — Federal Trade Commission Chairman Paul Rand Di\on (right i publicly described consumer advocate Ralph Nader (lelli as a "dirty Arab." and stirred up a storm ol controversy. Mr Dixon, who made his remark at a trade industry meeting on Jan 17, at hrst relused to upologiz.e.to Mr.. Nader, who is ol Lebanese descent, but did tell an Arab American group.Jhat he wasn't rclerring to Arai;sjV generally Later he apologized in a letter to Mr Nader. ' which the consumer'advocatereiected.> i
-_ Strong public protests, including criticism by. Jewish groups and congressional deipand$ lor'resignation, have been directed against the FTC commissioner
—The incident brought "an oiler from the National Conference ol Christians and Jews to provide sensitivity -training programs lor lederal ollicials to avoid future "bloopers" such as Mr Dixon's remark, and earlier, slurs hy Gen George Brown, chairman ol the Joint Chiels of Stall, against Jews.'aud In former' Secretary ol Agriculture Earl Butz against blacks,
, - 7f RELIGIOUS NEWS SER VICE PHOTO
State Dept. Bars
From Re-Entering The Country
,Xi*MKJ%f&*}tt
WASHINGTON (WNS) - Snbn Jiryis the Palestine Liberation Organization oflicial who was invited to address the conlorence on the Middle East sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, which was held'Feb 11-14. was toured Irrtm re-entry to the ..United Slates by' the State IX'parlment
State Department spokesman Frederick Z Bro'wn said Feb H that Sabri would need twoAvajvers lorr re-entry, one involved in his tnelnfiershtp in a proscribed ■ organization, the PLO. and the other on the ialse information he supplied in Ins Vy visa when he was admit(ed last fall'. Subrf was ordered to leave theU.S last November after it • was discovered that while he was bom in Haila lie had written on his entryjipplicutinn that the Suda/t was his place ol birt,h. ' '■-.--
"We,; have occasionally allowed : a- /Plio representative or -people atiiliatcU with the PLO |<» come to the'U.S. bul not tor .political * activity,"' Brown sj'iid; '
"In the case ol Jiryis. ii he were to give ji speech at this Quaker meeting, thai would be reasonably construed as - political activity. For that reason our recommendation v was n<>' in favor ol the waiver "
Brown acknowledged.
under questioning, that Secretary ol State (\i;us K Vance's visit to the Middle East "is one ol the lactors taken fiilo acconnl" in the government's decision Io bar .Jir\ is Israeli Ambassadoi Simcha Dinit//in a meeting 'with Vance Feb. 7 asked the US to keep I he PLO representative out
The Quaker group has said that il js" Jiolding the conlorence as parl,ol its Campaign to convince the Carter Administration dial the PLO should lie included in Mideast negotiations
B\ Joseph I'ol.ikofl (( opy right. 1<>77. .IT V, Int.)
WASHINGTON UTAi - President Carter has .strongly endorsed lederal legislation Io combat Arab boycott methods that discriminate- agains'l American companies doing business w ilh Israel or those owned by Jews or which liave Jews in management positions' I
Carter! who had stated in his election campaign that he opposed boycotts direcled against American citizens, elaborated on his views'Feb. !) during a tour __ ol the-- Department ol Commeice. The President stressed the need'I or lederal legislation in the interests of unitorniity, ,
He pointed out that while New York lias a "strong" anti-boycott, law. New Jersey has "a weak one"' so "when the Arab countries wa.nl (o come and trade, they lust bypass New York, come into New Jersey and can discnminatcagaiiist Jewish, citizensaccordmgljr," <,
distinction* between a primary boycott and secondary aridv tertiary Ixiycotls According lo the oflicial While House
transcript ol hjs remarks, he said that "primary bin colt is perleelly acceptable in international allairs "
He noted that the U S has a primary boycott. against Cuba ,ui(l "it is perleutly alright lor the Arab countries to say we are not going Mo trade with Israel But it does create a problem thai I hope to eliminate (which) is lor , the Arab countries lo say lo us 'you cannot trade with Israel and also'trade with us' or 'you cannot trade .with us., the Aral) countries, il \ou have
Decision Due Soon On Sale Of Concussion Bombs To Israel
WASHINGTON (WNS) - President Carter is oxpeclcd to make a decision soon on whether Israel will receive the concussion bombs prom¬ ised if by the Ford Admin¬ istration.
At his news conlerence Feb. 8, jCarter said "the sale of concussion bombs to a lor- eign country is an i{em lhatv concerns yafie very much." Carter said he has the option ol blocking the sale but has not made a decision yet.
While Carter did nol men¬ tion Israel it was obvious he was referring to the sale ol the bomb which was prom¬ ised Israel'last October by Ford The Administration lias been studying the sale ol
the bomb as well as M-(i(i tanks. l.M-mm sell-propelled howitzers and a night-vision system which Ford prom¬ ised Israel last October
At his pews conlerence Carter stressed the Ford Administration's "an¬ nouncement that concussion bombs would be sold was nol cleared with the Stale De¬ partment nor the Defense Department I've asked them to analyze the political .and military consequences ol the sales" ,
The concussion bomb, which causes widespread de¬ struction over an arelnif sev¬ eral hundred feet, has never lieon sold abroad
Jews on your- board ol directois." " Carter said
He declared that "This, in .my opinion, violates the Constitutional rights ol Jewish citi/eas It also is completely obnoxious to me in a society, like our own" built on principles ol non¬ discrimination in race, religion or sex'
The Piusidenl noted lh.it "We now have several bills that have been introduced m the House and Senate" and "we have a cohesive group of businessmen and labor leaders.- many" ol whom liappen to be Jewish, who are working on the principles that ought to be included in an anli-bovcott
Senate Hearings Due On Boycott
IS\ Joseph INilakoiT '■',
„ WASHINGTON UTA> - Senate hearings on legislation to combat Hie Arab boycott ol American companies doing business with Israel have been re¬ scheduled >to lollow Secretary ol State Cyrus |{. Vance's one-week trip lo I he Middle East, which began Feb l."i The hearings on. measures
v proposed by Sen Adlai Stevenson d> 111.) and William Proxmire, i D Wj>>. i
, had vbeeh tentatively /scheduled ,!<«■ • early this
' month- but'' are now M'licdulcd lor Feb. 21-22. and
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A report by columnists Evans and Novak said that President Carter's policy on anti-boycott, legislation is to "delay Congress as long as possible in hope, thai /real ■ progress .toward a "Mideast settlement will be made."
They rfaid (he., requested, delay Indicated ",a surprising hint ol llcxibilily on I'.tf moves against the Arab boycott ol Israel "This was , cliaraclcn/.cfl", as "nonsense" by 'reliable Capitol Hill sources
They'pointed out thai the Kyo\\vcek _ postponement, ot llu\ hearings neither weakens the substance o| tlu> proposed legislation oi
law" '
lie was apparently ■ relcrruig lo The Business Knundlnble. an organization composed of chiel executives' ol 170 major American corporations headed by Irving S.-Shapirn who is chairman ol the board ol the DuPont Co The, organization mel, recently with the Aiiti-Dclamation league ol B'nai B'rith lor- llle purpose ol exchanging views on eltorts to reach a mutual accommodatiou-w ith respect, to Arab boycott issues
The President said "I will support ^those < groups i I think it is tune for ns to ronl (ttit the concept of Hie secondary and lertiar\ Uiycolt. never, permit a loreign .n.ition lo discriminate against any ol <xir ciliz.ens who happen lo be Jewish , with legal |X,rmission.Vlrom our own go\ernnien'( And.wc also uecd'tohasc.as^i last Hung unitorniity ."unmng the dillerent slates"ol the n.ition in dealing .with 'the .uili rlH>>ct>t,Uegi%-lal!"ii "•""■ft ;'.
1977 UJF Campaign Nears The $2 Million Mark
The 1977 United Jewish Fund Campaign exceeded the $1,800,000 mark al its Ad¬ vance Gilt function, Sunday eveping, Feb 6.
This" event marked a his¬ toric first in the Columbus Campaign when men and women individually an¬ nounced their personal com¬ mitments to the l')77 Cam- %paign. The results-represent a 15% increase over the same pledges for 1976,
The announcements were only one of the highlights ot a - gala and exciting evening ol "Conversation. and Canapes ]' The distinguished guest speaker, General -Shaul Rosolio, was hosted by Mr. and Mrs Bernard Yenkin and introduced by Mrs. Yenkin,
In addition, those present were privileged to meet five Israel Air Force officers: Major Jacob Toren and his wife, Tova; Major Meier Lavi and his wife, Zahava: Major Dori Sarid and his wife, De,vpra; Major Ronnie Dayan and his wife, Malka; ' and, Captain Ehud Toledano, v who was accompanied by a date, Diana Rifkin, para- . .chutist with the Israel , Armed F^rces^ Conversa¬ tions _ with these Israeli guests created a warm and enjoyable beginning to the . evening.
General Rosolio spoke of some of the problems relate ing to potential peace nego¬ tiations with Israelis Arab
ICrV. '1NUFDON PAOF 11)1
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Shown with General Shaul Kosolio (center), the lormer inspector general ol the Israel State Police, al "Conversations and Canapes." held on Sunday. Feb <;. are Mrs. J. Maynard Kaplan and Millard Cummins, function co-chairpersons.
All segments of the 1977 United Jewish Fund Cam¬ paign were represented at this Advance Gifts function. Some of the representatives are shown with General Rosolio (second from right), They are (left to right) B., Lee Skilken. Advance Gifts Division chairman: Murry Greenberg, Advance Gifts Division co-chairman; Mrs. Gerald Swedlow. Women's Division chairwoman:' and Irving Schottenstein. 1977 United Jewish Fund Cam¬ paign general chairman.
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OHIOJFwl
s1ronicle
.-LIBRARY,., OHIO HtSTOR JCAL, SOC l,t>TY 1982 VEUMa.AVE. OOLS^O'*-' 43211 EXCH .
2jj\\jy 5erving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community far Over 50 Years \yA\A
VOL, 55 NO. 7
FEBRUARY 17,1077 - SHEVAT 2!)
Pres. Carter Endorses Anti-Boycott Legislation
Ethnic Remark Stirs Storm
NEW YORK — Federal Trade Commission Chairman Paul Rand Di\on (right i publicly described consumer advocate Ralph Nader (lelli as a "dirty Arab." and stirred up a storm ol controversy. Mr Dixon, who made his remark at a trade industry meeting on Jan 17, at hrst relused to upologiz.e.to Mr.. Nader, who is ol Lebanese descent, but did tell an Arab American group.Jhat he wasn't rclerring to Arai;sjV generally Later he apologized in a letter to Mr Nader. ' which the consumer'advocatereiected.> i
-_ Strong public protests, including criticism by. Jewish groups and congressional deipand$ lor'resignation, have been directed against the FTC commissioner
—The incident brought "an oiler from the National Conference ol Christians and Jews to provide sensitivity -training programs lor lederal ollicials to avoid future "bloopers" such as Mr Dixon's remark, and earlier, slurs hy Gen George Brown, chairman ol the Joint Chiels of Stall, against Jews.'aud In former' Secretary ol Agriculture Earl Butz against blacks,
, - 7f RELIGIOUS NEWS SER VICE PHOTO
State Dept. Bars
From Re-Entering The Country
,Xi*MKJ%f&*}tt
WASHINGTON (WNS) - Snbn Jiryis the Palestine Liberation Organization oflicial who was invited to address the conlorence on the Middle East sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, which was held'Feb 11-14. was toured Irrtm re-entry to the ..United Slates by' the State IX'parlment
State Department spokesman Frederick Z Bro'wn said Feb H that Sabri would need twoAvajvers lorr re-entry, one involved in his tnelnfiershtp in a proscribed ■ organization, the PLO. and the other on the ialse information he supplied in Ins Vy visa when he was admit(ed last fall'. Subrf was ordered to leave theU.S last November after it • was discovered that while he was bom in Haila lie had written on his entryjipplicutinn that the Suda/t was his place ol birt,h. ' '■-.--
"We,; have occasionally allowed : a- /Plio representative or -people atiiliatcU with the PLO |' in favor ol the waiver "
Brown acknowledged.
under questioning, that Secretary ol State (\i;us K Vance's visit to the Middle East "is one ol the lactors taken fiilo acconnl" in the government's decision Io bar .Jir\ is Israeli Ambassadoi Simcha Dinit//in a meeting 'with Vance Feb. 7 asked the US to keep I he PLO representative out
The Quaker group has said that il js" Jiolding the conlorence as parl,ol its Campaign to convince the Carter Administration dial the PLO should lie included in Mideast negotiations
B\ Joseph I'ol.ikofl (( opy right. 1<>77. .IT V, Int.)
WASHINGTON UTAi - President Carter has .strongly endorsed lederal legislation Io combat Arab boycott methods that discriminate- agains'l American companies doing business w ilh Israel or those owned by Jews or which liave Jews in management positions' I
Carter! who had stated in his election campaign that he opposed boycotts direcled against American citizens, elaborated on his views'Feb. !) during a tour __ ol the-- Department ol Commeice. The President stressed the need'I or lederal legislation in the interests of unitorniity, ,
He pointed out that while New York lias a "strong" anti-boycott, law. New Jersey has "a weak one"' so "when the Arab countries wa.nl (o come and trade, they lust bypass New York, come into New Jersey and can discnminatcagaiiist Jewish, citizensaccordmgljr," - Senate hearings on legislation to combat Hie Arab boycott ol American companies doing business with Israel have been re¬ scheduled >to lollow Secretary ol State Cyrus |{. Vance's one-week trip lo I he Middle East, which began Feb l."i The hearings on. measures
v proposed by Sen Adlai Stevenson d> 111.) and William Proxmire, i D Wj>>. i
, had vbeeh tentatively /scheduled ,!
A report by columnists Evans and Novak said that President Carter's policy on anti-boycott, legislation is to "delay Congress as long as possible in hope, thai /real ■ progress .toward a "Mideast settlement will be made."
They rfaid (he., requested, delay Indicated ",a surprising hint ol llcxibilily on I'.tf moves against the Arab boycott ol Israel "This was , cliaraclcn/.cfl", as "nonsense" by 'reliable Capitol Hill sources
They'pointed out thai the Kyo\\vcek _ postponement, ot llu\ hearings neither weakens the substance o| tlu> proposed legislation oi
law" '
lie was apparently ■ relcrruig lo The Business Knundlnble. an organization composed of chiel executives' ol 170 major American corporations headed by Irving S.-Shapirn who is chairman ol the board ol the DuPont Co The, organization mel, recently with the Aiiti-Dclamation league ol B'nai B'rith lor- llle purpose ol exchanging views on eltorts to reach a mutual accommodatiou-w ith respect, to Arab boycott issues
The President said "I will support ^those < groups i I think it is tune for ns to ronl (ttit the concept of Hie secondary and lertiar\ Uiycolt. never, permit a loreign .n.ition lo discriminate against any ol >ct>t,Uegi%-lal!"ii "•""■ft ;'.
1977 UJF Campaign Nears The $2 Million Mark
The 1977 United Jewish Fund Campaign exceeded the $1,800,000 mark al its Ad¬ vance Gilt function, Sunday eveping, Feb 6.
This" event marked a his¬ toric first in the Columbus Campaign when men and women individually an¬ nounced their personal com¬ mitments to the l')77 Cam- %paign. The results-represent a 15% increase over the same pledges for 1976,
The announcements were only one of the highlights ot a - gala and exciting evening ol "Conversation. and Canapes ]' The distinguished guest speaker, General -Shaul Rosolio, was hosted by Mr. and Mrs Bernard Yenkin and introduced by Mrs. Yenkin,
In addition, those present were privileged to meet five Israel Air Force officers: Major Jacob Toren and his wife, Tova; Major Meier Lavi and his wife, Zahava: Major Dori Sarid and his wife, De,vpra; Major Ronnie Dayan and his wife, Malka; ' and, Captain Ehud Toledano, v who was accompanied by a date, Diana Rifkin, para- . .chutist with the Israel , Armed F^rces^ Conversa¬ tions _ with these Israeli guests created a warm and enjoyable beginning to the . evening.
General Rosolio spoke of some of the problems relate ing to potential peace nego¬ tiations with Israelis Arab
ICrV. '1NUFDON PAOF 11)1
ISJOl hA&U."" we cmv'ivw
Shown with General Shaul Kosolio (center), the lormer inspector general ol the Israel State Police, al "Conversations and Canapes." held on Sunday. Feb